How to Meditate: A Practical Guide to Making Friends with Your Mind
"When
something is bothering you -- a person is bugging you, a situation is
irritating you, or physical pain is [hurt]ing you -- you must work with
your mind, and that is done through meditation.
"Working with our mind is
the only means through which we'll actually begin to feel happy and
contented with the world that we live in."
―Abbess Pema Chodron (gampoabbey.org)
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| How to Meditate (soundstrue.com) |
With How to Meditate, the American Buddhist nun presents her first book exploring in-depth what she considers the essentials for a lifelong meditation practice.
More and more people are beginning to recognize a profound inner longing for authenticity, connection, and aliveness.
Meditation, Ani explains, gives us a golden key to address this yearning. This step-by-step guide shows readers how to honestly meet and openly relate with the mind, embrace the fullness of our experience, and live in a wholehearted way as we discover:
- The basics of meditation, from getting settled and the six points of posture to working with your breath and cultivating an attitude of unconditional friendliness
- The Seven Delights―how moments of difficulty can become doorways to awakening and love
- Shamatha ("calm abiding"), the art of stabilizing the mind to remain present with whatever arises
- Thoughts and emotions as "sheer delight"―instead of obstacles―in meditation
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| Author of this Buddhist classic |
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- Pema Chodron Foundation: The Buddhist Contemplative... learn more about Pema Chodron's work, teachings, and publications, and the vision of the Pema Chodron Foundation.
- Articles: The Pema Chodron Foundation
- Pema Chödrön: Shambhala (shambhala.org)
- American nun Pema Chödrön (Wikipedia)
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